Author Archive: Tina DeYoung

Drawing my old farm pump When I was a child I have didn’t necessarily enjoy having to pump water every day, especially in the cold winter months. When i drew this old pump it made me remenber to be…Read more

Plans change! Have you ever heard that? Or, maybe you have said it yourself. My angel was one of those plans that changed. Drawings certainly don’t always end up the way you first plan. They tend to have a personality…Read more

Paper vs Drawing Paper How can drawing paper have such an impact on your drawing? When I started drawing I thought that you could use any plain old paper and get the same results. Wrong! Do you know that there…Read more

I am suffering from “drawing withdrawal”! I have been extremely busy for the last couple of weeks and have not taken the time to do one of my favorite things – DRAW. Finally, a few nights ago I sat down…Read more

I draw with pencils. Others use various drawing mediums. Some paint. These beautiful pieces of art are the work of Beth White. Beth likes to take photos and turn them into ‘paintings’ or ‘sketches’ using different photo editing programs. Beth calls them…Read more

Camping is something my family loves to do together. As my children get older, we can still come back together for a weekend of camping and have a great time. They are all quite handy as my husband has taught them all about…Read more

I love to draw eyes! Eyes are so expressive! You can do so much with eyes. Look at eyes. Get ready to draw eyes. Everywhere you turn look at the eyes of people and animals. See the shapes. See the…Read more

I love to draw. I haven’t had formal training, unless you count one college art class many years ago, but I have enjoyed trying to teach myself. Over the past few years I’ve purchased many drawing books, searched online for…Read more

Lee Hammond’s Big Book of DRAWING Product Review PRODUCT: Lee Hammond’s Big Book of DRAWING Author: Lee Hammond Publishers: North Light Books Price: $8.91-$16.52 (paperback) Available At: Amazon Available as E-Book: Not Available in e-book format Number of Pages: 240 My…Read more

I was raised a country girl, living in the house my grandfather had built. I spent my share of time climbing in the tops of the trees looking out over the farms with my kitties milling about up there with…Read more

You Can Draw in 30 Days by Mark Kistler Product Review PRODUCT: You Can Draw in 30 Days: The Fun, Easy Way to Learn to Draw in One Month or Less Author: Mark Kistler Publishers: The Perseus Group, Da Capo…Read more

Shading Techniques for Beginners – Using Driftwood As My Subject I used a piece of driftwood my in-laws have in their home as one of my subjects. At first the thought of shading in all of those textures seemed impossible. It…Read more

How to make money writing about… I’m writing about one of my favorite hobbies, drawing! I have only been doing it for less than 2 months, but it is great. I’m learning how to make money writing about something I…Read more

Beginning Drawing Supplies: You don’t need to have a lot of fancy drawing supplies to enjoy drawing. In fact, drawing can be right down cheap! What Drawing Supplies Do I Need to Get Started? I started out with three things; A…Read more